Depressão e relação com idade em cuidadores de familiares portadores de síndrome demencial

Josiane Pawlowski; Tonantzin Ribeiro Gonçalves; Juliana Balbinot Hilgert; Fernando Neves Hugo; Mary Clarisse Bozzetti; Denise Ruschel Bandeira

doi:10.1590/S1413-294X2010000200006

Depressão e relação com idade em cuidadores de familiares portadores de síndrome demencial

Translated title of the contribution: Depression related to age in family caregivers of patients with dementia

Josiane Pawlowski, Tonantzin Ribeiro Gonçalves, Juliana Balbinot Hilgert, Fernando Neves Hugo, Mary Clarisse Bozzetti, Denise Ruschel Bandeira

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Abstract

Depression symptoms related to age in family caregivers of dementia patients compared to non-caregivers were evaluated. Eighty-four family caregivers to dementia patients and one hundred and one non-caregivers that lived in Porto Alegre (Brazil) region participated of this study. They answered a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory. The caregivers presented higher degree of depression symptoms and higher degree of cognitive and affective aspects of depression inventory those non-caregivers. Lowest degree of depression symptoms were presented by the oldest participants. Limitations of the inventory to evaluate depression in older people were discussed. The study emphasizes the necessity of psychological and social support to family caregivers of dementia patients.

Translated title of the contribution	Depression related to age in family caregivers of patients with dementia
Original language	Portuguese
Pages (from-to)	174-180
Number of pages	7
Journal	Estudos de Psicologia (Natal)
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-294X2010000200006
State	Published - May 2010

Keywords

Age
Caregivers
Dementia
Depression

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General Psychology

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Depressão e relação com idade em cuidadores de familiares portadores de síndrome demencial

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